Reporter with Swiss magazine "Republik” and chairwoman of Journalismfund.eu. Born 1981 in Munich, Germany. After being based in Vienna, Austria, sgr. now calls Zurich, Switzerland, home. Studies of Sinology and Business Administration. Worked for "The Economist Group”, its "Economist Intelligence Unit” (EIU) as well as the Swiss daily newspaper "Neue Zürcher Zeitung” (NZZ), the Swiss magazine "Beobachter” and lead the data- and document-driven investigation unit SRF Data at public broadcaster Swiss Radio and Television (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SRF). Sylke Gruhnwald is co-founder of Hacks / Hackers Zurich, Lobbywatch.ch as well as Reporter-Forum Switzerland. Board member of Investigativ.ch. Initiator of the investigation project "The Migrants’ Files”. Jury member with Reporterpreis as well as Nannen-Preis. Together with her teams, Sylke Gruhnwald herself won several awards.